Sir Gerry Berragan

CEO, Institute for Apprenticeships

Company: Institute for Apprenticeships

Sir Gerry Berragan was appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships in November 2017. The Institute is a crown, non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Education (DfE). The Institute ensures high-quality apprenticeship standards and advises government on funding for each standard. Sir Gerry replaced Peter Lauener. Sir Gerry has been involved in leadership and training for 36 years, throughout his Army career, giving him experience of running big, complex organisations, consisting of both military people and civil servants. He led the army’s training provision which had 13,000 people on an apprenticeship at any one time – making the army the largest apprenticeships provider in the country.